Government at all levels fails to see the truth

We work hard for our money, and to watch continuing reports about the waste at all levels of government is frustrating, devastating and disgusting.

Finally, the constant White House lies, distortions and misinformation are coming out. Spending cuts are really just cuts to planned growth, not real cuts.

I recently testified on Senate Bill-13-061, regarding exemptions for emissions testing. The Legislative State Audit Committee recommended elimination of the testing, because the high costs make it very inefficient; and, the tiny ozone reductions make it very ineffective. New vehicles are so clean, they create a decline in emissions every year as new cars are added and the older, more polluting, are removed. The Democratic legislators denied the bill; therefore, Coloradans will spend over $66 million each year on the testing boondoggle; and ozone levels now exceed 2010 levels when we started testing. The state admits the cause is "meteorology."

The same thing happened with the gun bills. Everyone knows the reason killings occur at theaters, schools or other places where there are "gun free zones" is because they are targets without defense. Most killings are a result of planned suicides by those who also want attention. But instead of working on mental health issues, the Democratic Legislature wants to put a huge burden and greater cost on the rest of us who simply want to provide safety for our families.

And then, the very liberal Fort Collins City Council votes to ban fracking. Did you know there may be as few as six sites where fracking might even be possible? I guess their Planning Department is so incompetent they can't work with any potential developer and the strong state regulations to plan something that makes logical sense. The Loveland City Council appears to be the one local government that understands their small fracking issue.

There is truly a lack of common knowledge, common virtues, common sense and speaking the truth where government is involved. I think it's time for citizens to stand up against government control of our lives and our pocketbooks.

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